Seam starts the business process at the end of the root request. So the process hasn't been started yet. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4122632#4122632 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4122632